“The best defense is a good offense.” ~an old adage *** But what about… But did you… the questions were flying at him. It was like a basketball game. The other team (or in this case, his boss) might not have had more good plays, but they were able to stop the drive to the […]

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet and natural philosopher (1749-1832) “You are hurting my business giving away those photographs,” the words stung as I continued snapping the shutter on my camera. The […]

“The world is a puzzle, and we cannot solve it alone.” ― Lemony Snicket There were 1,000 pieces inside the box, and I watched with fascination as my friend and her daughter took the wheel to transform the pieces into the picture on the front of the box. Maybe their brains just process what’s in front […]

“The soul is healed by being with children.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky Sitting in the waiting room full of very serious adults, many anxious about the meeting they would be having with the doctor, the small child burst with a sound. My first reaction was to hold my breath, uncertain of whether it was a laugh or […]